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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Choice Imagery.
savannah Times.

NhNhiii
From the Age Of Steel we transplant to
our garden plot the following conserva-
tory of choice flowers of native and ex-
otic growth:
"Civili7 alton has made society sensi-
tive, Its relationships are closer. The
parts that constitute the whole are mu-
tually responsive. The hard shell of in
difference In broken. At one time in
dustrial evils were local concerns. Up
setting tea-cup wetted but one cloth.
Blowing out "A candle darkened but one
room. Every trade was in it's own par
ticuar shell. The industrial world was
"A bag of walnuts-to-day IL In a bundle
of nerves. Put "A pin in one part and
the mass quivers. We are conscious,
sensitive and inseparable unit-a blessing
i'm its way: Alright condition, by which
crank i'm the bottom Of the social pitcher
reduces its contents from the upper rim
To the lower base. We break "A fiddle
string and spoil "a concert. We snap
link in "A cable chain and lose Cunard-
er. More than ever the greater hinges
on the less. Atoms make the lump.
The people are the throne. The ballot IL
the government. Individual sovereignty
IL national greatness.
La this advanced condition Of civilizn-
ton il follows AZ logical sequence that
society is directly interested and more
or less involved in our industrial agtta-
tions. Ii is waking up 10 that fact The
Jaissez. or let alone policy has 10 he
abandoned. The relationships Of capital
and labor are not the oscillations of
pendulum, but the adjustments Of the
clock-in which "A local displacement In
general evil. There is no desoiation In
this matter. The cup Of yeast Is In the
bag of -four. and "A little leaven leaventh
the whole lump. Hence we find indus
tril reprisals are 80 far-reachinR, 80 dell
cately and vitally interviewer with pub
lie interests, that society has to identify
Itself with what will best conserve the
general peace. and make its rupture
social crime. II is grinding its AK for
that purpose. The crusade has com
manraI
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14

OF course we are in revolutionary
epoch. but what peaceful revolution IL
Is, In Europe there is more friction, In
America less. There the masses are
comparatively uneducated, and there
fore more passionate and impulsiye; here
they have been influenced by our com
mon school system and are cautious and
conservative. There big army, a well
disciplined police force and large corps
of detectives are needful, because the
people may fly into a desperate fury at
any moment: here there is no army and
no need Of one, and police and detectives
have little to do, because there stands
the ballot box. which Is the emblem OF
omnipotence, and "A free press. by which
an irresistible public opinion can be ere
ated
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
One Of Beecher's Best.


Henry Ward Beecher and President
Lincoln used 10 get together and swap
warns. The last time Mr.. Beecher ever
saw the President alive, he poured this
story into his willing ears: An aged
dominic way back i'm Illinois, used to
look carefully over his congregation
every sunday and note who was absent.
Then Monday lac would call ON the de
linquents and find out why they were
away. One Sunday he missed old man
Cooney, and true 10 custom, called ON
him the following morning. Brother
Cooney you were not at church yester-
dayY' Went fishin'," said the old man,
going right on with his hoeing. why
did you stay away ''Preacbin' too
long" Brother, there will be no
preaching in hell" ""Twont be for
want of parsons" And the domino gave
up calling on delinquents.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
A GREEN GOODS" DEN.
Ii IL Raited by New York Police wcstel
and southern Fools

u bN new w
and southern Fools
NEW YORK. April 13.-The den of a
gang Of sawdust swindlers was raided.
to-day. in West FOrty-seventh street.
The place was in full operation. and the
whole gang was arrested and locked up.
There were four of them. The prisoners
are named Joseph Little. w. j. Brown.
GeOrgeW. Lesson and Geo. Platts. They
were found making up circulars into ex-
press packages of alleged bogus money
and fitting out substitute valises.
also supposed To be full Of Green
goods. but in reality containing bricks
and paper. The house was a brown
stone fiat, directly opposite the police
station The operators had two flats.
one for work and the other for bed
Rooms. luxuriously fitted up. The police
seized 81 060 in new. crisp. genuine bank
notes. Two men were wrapping up
circulars and directing them from the
mercantile agency book Six dry gorls
boxes We're filled with addressed and
stamped envelopes. most of them To
Southern or Western points. The
answers to circulars. as far as found
Were mostly from the same sections.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
CHAIRMAN COOLEY EXPLAINS.
Necessity Of Moving slowiy-Dinerenee he
tween Northern and Southern
Roads.

! CHICAGO, April 13.-Judge Cooley,
/ Commission. is in the city settling up his
accounts as Receiver of the Wabash
| Railroad. In conversation with n re-
porter of a local paper regarding the re-
| cent action of the Commission in sus-
pending the operation of the long and
| short hauls section of the new law for
the roads in the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association, which has called
forth so much unfavorable notice. Judge
Cooley said the Commissioners, after
thoroughly discussing the arguments
presented by the various roads,
came To the conclusion that justice
required that they should move slowly
on question of such great Importance,
and that they should not take any action
that would be definite and final i'm its
effects without first making themselves
fully acquainted with the situation.
This was deemed particularly important.
because the law went into effect So soon
after the appointment of the commission
and the railroads had hardly time Ia
adapt their tariffs and rules to accord
with the provisions of the new law.
DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE ASSOCIATION.
The Commission. he said. did not rec
ngnize the Southern Railway and Steam
ship Association, as had been claimed.
but based its action upon the individual
arguments presented by the representa-
tives of various roads in that Associa-
ton, especially the Louisville and Nash
vile. East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor-
gia and other leading Southern roads.
The claim that the Commission erred
in extending the order To- all South
ern roads south of the Ohio river and
east of the Mississippi river, ne did not
think held good. as not only the compe-
tition by the steamship lines had to be-
taken into consideration, but also the
competition by the Mississippi river and
other Southern navigable rivers.
No INJUSTICE To NORTHERN ROADS.
He did not think any injustice was
done To the roads this side of the Ohio
river, by granting temporary relief to the
Southern roads. To change the rates To
Nitil Ht-N law DN Iilt1 FtfttlS
in this part of the country was but
trifiing as compared with the changes
necessary by the roads in the South, and
the decision that they must conform
with the long and short hauls section of
the law without aifordinS them a
reasonable time to do So might have sub
Jected them to serious trouble and
loss. If the Commission finds
upon personal investigation that no good
cause exists for giving the Southern
roads, or any other roads. the privilege
of making special through rates 10 meet
the alleged water competition, it would
at once compel those roads to conform
strictly with the provisions of the long
and short hauls section. He stated that |
the Commission would not tolerate any |
ON the part of the South |
ern roads against merchants in Western
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NUMBER 80.

o. the place, and the prope rty owners
are the men To take the matter I'm hand.
We. out i'm West Putnam, often see in
the Paiatka papers, New Court House" :"
hope the citizens of the county " III
read the article, from the pen OF our
worthy fellow countryman, Hon. r. NJ.
McMeekin, upon that subject. IL Is
short. substantial and TO the point.
] would suggest that the citizens
throughout the county, who are in favor
of a low tax. call precinct meetings and
give their hearty disapproval upon the
subject for several years yet to come.
l will let you hear from this section
again. as soon as the crops begin 10 get
up from the ground; cotton looking very
discouraging from the high, cool winds.
w. T.. SEYLR.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Eire IN ~ing sing Prison.

SING SING. \. v. April IA fire
broke out in the laundry drying room of
Sing Sing prison this morning and de-
stroyed the upper floor and roof. The
prisoners behaved splendidly and worked
most .ffectually to put out the fire. The
village fire companies also gave prompt
and valuable assistance. The damage to
the building is $1,000. \ large number
of shirts were burned. but it Is impossi-
Bile To calculate at present what the loss
on them will be- II will be- considerable,
however.
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COUNTY CRITICISM.
The school Buiiding-The New Court
Hou-e-Crops In West Putnam.
Correspondence Palatka News.

The school Building The New Count
Hou-e-Crops In West Putnam.
Correspondence Palatka News.
MCMEEKIN. April ~, 1857.
/ noticed in your issue of the 2d inst.
the cards of several Of your citizens
who are desirous of building a large,
which is 10 be about twelve Thousand
dollars. 1t is very gratifying To see such
a manifest interest in the citizens Of Pa
latka. and we only hope they mean bust
ness, mot newspaper fourish). Ii is
true thai the present building is not in
any way suitable or becoming, and at
the same time a shame and disgrace to
the Gem City. Some Of the gentlemen
in their cards think they ought to get
aid from the county. do not know
what they have reference 10. without ii
Is the using of the Public School money,
il so. l am totally opposed 10 their using
one single dollar. When school-house
il wanted in the county. we either put
our hands into our pockets and build, or
take an axe and go into the woods, and
by the dint Of will and muscle complete
the house. The schooi-house at this
place was built last fall by the rnmedi-
ate citizens, at a cost of near four hun
dred dollars. and has a seating capacity
for seventy-five scholars.
Palatka. with all of her wealth. could
build as fine an academy as any city in
the State. without any outside aid. one
that would he an ornament 10 her. Such
a building would enhance the property
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Another Historic Building Burned.

BALTIMORE, April l3.-A steamer that
arrived to-day from the Rappahannock
River, Va. reports the destruction of the
village Of Farnham by fire on Monday
last. The population was 800. The vii
lage was entirely swept by fire. Ii is
situated about seven miles from Sharp's
Wharf. on the Rappahannock. Among
the heaviest losers are r. l.. Mozingo. r.
Mozingo and r. L. Reynolds. whose
dwellings We're consumed. The old
Protestant Episcopal Church. built in
colonial days. one Of the oldest houses Of
v orship in the State. was burned to the
ground. The amount of loss could not
L.. aScertained
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
The Mob Missed Its Prey.

SrAUNTos. VA. April I3.-Last night
a mob from Middlebrook was organized
to lynch two colored incendiaries brought
To Staunton. Monday. The authorities
having learned of the movements of the
mob sent the prisoners to Harrisburg.
The mob came to within a few miles Of
town. and. learning Of the removal Of
the prisoners, Dispersed.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Overfiowing with EmISrants.

QUEENSTOWN, April 13.-The arrivals
here of emigrants on their way to the
United States are enormous. The rail-
ways are running special trains to ac-
commodate this class of travel. The
number of emigrants now awaiting the
steamer to- carry them to their destina-
tions is already greater than can be
housed in the hotels and lodging houses,
and many are camping in the streets.
Fifteen hundred embarked yesterday
and 5000 more are expected To arrive
Saturday next to take the steamer
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
A DIVISION MONDAY.
The Coercion Bill in the House of Con
mons-The Opposition.

The Coercion Bill in the House of Com
mons-The Opposition.
LONDON, April 13.-LOrd Harrington
will return to London especially to vote
for the second reading of the Coercion
Bill. A division will be taken in the
House of Commons on Monday on Sir
Bernhard Samuelson's amendment To
the Crimes Bill to the effect that that
bill. if passed, would increase the dis
order in Ireland and endanger the union
and the Empire. and therefore should be-
rejected. The opposition viii not at
tempt to prolong the debate on the bill,
reserving further discussion for the com
mittee stage, which will probably be
reached on the 26th instant. John Nor
ley will speak on the bill tomorrow and
Gladstone on Monday.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j.. April ID
The mayoralty contest here yesterday
was 50 close that it is impossible to say
positively who was successful. Early
last night there seemed to be no doubt
of the reelection of William :. Strong,
Democrat, to a fourth term, but later re-
turns, it is claimed by supporters of F..
Janeway. establish a victory for the Re
publican candidate by the slim majority
of ten. Both sides. however, claim success.
Many Democrats voted against Strong.
Both parties charge their opponents
with open bribery. Paupers AMI con-
victs. il is said, were allowed to vote and
in many cases, il is declared, ballots were
deposited on the floor which should have
gone into the boxes. Returns in the
Second Ward were held until nearly
midnight before being turned over to the
proper officials. Henry c. Housell, Dem
ocrat. was elected Recorder by ,2o0 plu-
rality
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
The Texas Drought Broken.

SAN ANGELO. Tom GREEN COUNTY.
TEX. April 13.-The drought which has
prevailed for 50 long time in Texas Is at
last broken. There was a heavy rain
fall throughout this section. last night,
which began about dark and lasted the
entire night. Telegraphic advires from
distant points show that the rain was
one of the most general that has fallen
here in years. The confidence of the
farmers and stOckmen is fully restored.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
PRAIRIE FIRES.
Four Lives Lost In One Settlement
Twelve Persons burned to Death.

Four Lives Lost In One Settlement
Twelve Persons burned to Death.
LINCOLN, NEB.. April 13.-AIong the
branch line of the Burlington and Mis-
souri, railroad a large number of settlers
have lost their all by prairie fires. Rail
road men say that for miles every foot
of the ground is burned over. In Sheri-
dan and Cove counties the
fires have ragged almost as
fiercely. and in one settlement four
lives We're lost. The report reached the
telegraph station through a man who
Travelled thirty miles. and he said that in
the fire tract not one house in three re-
mained nnscathed. Across the line in
Nebraska, Beaver Bottom has been on
fire for two days. a large force of rail-
road graders on line being built in south
ern Furnas County. were surrounded in
their camp by fire. and escape was only
made by greatest effort, the men leaving
tents. clothes. and everything behind at
the mercy of the flames. One man was
81 seriously burned that he cannot re-
cover.
\ private telegram to this city from
an official of the road in that vicinity es-
Inmates that at least twelve lives have
been lost in the two days fires. Railroad
officials here are very reticent as To the
damage incurred, but among the home
steaders and settlers in northwestern
Kansas they must be- very great. Part
of the town of NOrcatie. that was burned
i'm a high wind. was reported to have
been burned 10y the inroads of prairie fire.
but later advices say the fire originated
in the village.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
APacket Steamer sunk.

PARIS, April ia dispatch from
Dieppe says the packet steamer Victoria
went ashore ON the rocks near that city
during fog and afterwards sunk. Sev-
eral of the passengers attached life belts
to their bodies, and then jumped over
board and were carried out to sea She
had ninety passengers, of whom twelve
were drowned. although the wreck oc-
CURED close to the main land.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14

NanfOrd JOuFnhI.
Mr.. Jones. i'm discussing the matter In
the Times Union, makes one point that
strikes Us with great force. and that is,
the inprobability Of his going 10 two OF
Gov. Bloxhan's bitterest and well known
enemies, and confiding 10 them facts 81
such damning character 10 Gov. Blox-
hams good name, G nd that, In the hands
Of unscrupulous foes. could not be ruin
Gus. Shrewd. astute men, and mo one
suspects Mr.. Jones Of being othsrwise.
except under some strange infafuation,
never do things that way.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
The st. Louis MoIsiers' strike.

ST. LOUIS, April l3.-It is stated that
the molding department of the Bridge
& Beach Manufacturing Company. of
this city, will resume operations by May
/. with non-union men from outside of
the city. The Defense Association, ii is
said. is SURPRISED at the firnness shown
i'm other cities where the ST. Louis pat
terms have been shipped. and all interest
ed firms have concluded to make the
fight at home.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14

COLUMBUS. = c. April 13.-Over the
signature "f Judge Lynch, one of the
Yorkville lynchers publishes in the Daily
Register a manifesto to the people Of
South Carolina i'm justification of the re-
cent Iynching of live negr" murderers at
Yorkville. condemning the AK methods
of the administering of justice to muir
derers in the State courts, and threaten
ing further lynching in the event of
juries failing To perform their duties
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
France Provoking Germany Again

BERLIN, April 13.-The Berlin Post
publishes spirited article to-day on the
relations between Germany and France.
Referring to the French cavalry evolu
tions at Lunerville, it says: These and
similar military preparations along the
frontier bear the character of provoca-
tions. and appear to- proceed entirely
from the wish tn aggravate and alarm
Germany"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Key West Snubbed.


The action of the Executive Commit
Zee. of the State Press Association in
changing the place of meeting of the As
spciation from Key West to Fernandina,
was entirely uncalled for. without any
precedent: there was no excuse for il,
and it was a deliberate attempt To snub
Key west-very probably in the inter-
est of the members of the Executive
Committee.
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The Chicago Car,-ut.rs- s,ril.

CHICAGO, April 13.-All of the 5000
Union carpenters are idle. and. owing to
the decision Of the strikers that they
would not return to work until a ma
jority of the bosses had acce,led to their
demand, the two associations of en-
ployers are united again and declare they
will not conceie the demands of the
strikers. Six of the strikers have been
arrested for interfering with non union
men.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Foot Race at sanford.

Special to the Palatka News.
SANFORD, FLA, April 13.-In a foot
race here, this afternoon, between Will
Gilmore, of Weymouth, Mass, and Jno:
Tracy. of Orlando, Gilmore won easily.
Jno. l.. Davis, Robert Wheeler and few
others, backed Gilmore to- the amount of
about 81, 100. SLUG Two.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14

amendment to Article 16, Section -,
1t was Senator Ornan, of Franklin,
not Hicks, of Franklin, who nominated
Perry in last nights caucus.
Ex-senator Conover is here to further
the interests of the bill for the State
Board of Health. CHOATE.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
The Evictions Will Proceed.

DUBLIN, April l3.-The police have
been ordered to resume evictions on the
Marquis of LansslOwn's estate next week.
This being the case. William O'Brien
will proceed to Canada Immediately to
denounce the Marquis course III sane
tiOning the evictions.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Agrarian Crime i'm Ireland.

LONDON, April 13--Official returns of
IRISH agrarian crimes for the past three
years are given as follows: For 1881,
162: 1885. 9l4: 1886, $50.
Archbishop Croke, of Cashel, and all
the priests of his diocese, have signed
"a memorial protesting against the pas
sage of the new Coercion Bill, which the
document alleges is a measure calcula-
ted To lead to greater crimes.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Melped bx the Interstate Commerce Law


READING, PA, April 13.-FOr several
years past fifty or more furnaces i'll the
SchuylkilI Valley have been using i'm
mense quantities of foreign ore and ore
brought from other States. thus causing
an almost entire cessation of iron ore
operations in this section. The Inter
State Commerce bill, however, with its
high freight charges, has. caused many
furnaces to Use ore mined in Eastern
Pennsylvania, AMI there is not a mine
between here and Allentown which is
not being worked to its fullest capacity.
Over two thousand miners have steady
work and where they formerly received
20 cents they now get Sl-10 and SI.25
per day.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Appreciated.

The first number Of the first daily
parsr published in Colusa county. Cal
the Daily WalO,rs Journal. appeared
at Willows on the 21st- The Office was
serenaded when the first copy Was print
ed. by Silyeys cornet land. and the
whole force was banqueted by the citi-
Zens.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
a Valuable Colt Knocked Down and X Killed
The Rider Himself May Die.

a Valuable Colt knocked Down and Killed
The Rider Himself May Die.
LOUISVILLE, April 13.-AsfalttIs, hay
colt by King Ban, the property of Mrs.
q. McCampbell, met with an accident ut
the Jockey Club race course this morn
ing which necessitated his being shot
also seriously injurinS his jockey,
Charles Taylor. He was exercising with
another horse from the same stable.
They had reached the quarter pole. when
Asfaltus swerved. Taylor had a heavy
whip and brought the butt of
it down heavily between the
horses ears, causing him to fall
to his knees, and in doing So To- break
one of his legs. The horse fell upon Tay-
lor. and in falling obstructed the way of
the horse following him So that he and
his jockey both fell upon Taylor. Tay-
lor may recover. There was no hope of
saving Asfaltus and he was shot. Asfal-
tus was three years old. n candidate for
the Derby and was getting into good
form for the Lexington meeting.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14

CANAJoHARIE. y. V, April 13.-The
danger along the Mohawk from high
water is now passed. The Central's
tracks were found torn up more than
was anticipated Passenger trains are
run on the West Shore. road.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14
Take Their PenrIens Anether Mas.

Phiiahs.lpbin Record.
Our loyal Legislators are getting ready
to take trip Ia Gettysburg. Most az
them stayed away from Gettysburg on
a certain memorable occasion when aide
bpdied men were badly needed there.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-04-14

The accommodation business IL get
ting 10 he m0nOtonOus. The Boston
Journal rises right up and reads Jos
Hawley out II the Republican party.
and vet there Is no worse Republican,
than Joe.
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OMAHA. April ia vigilance COM
mittee from Brown county overlook two
young horse-thieves near Sargent last
night and shot and killed one of them.
Joseph Arnold. and captured the other,
James Bohan. One Of the vigilants was
dangerously shot